in p>1941, the Japanese army carried out a series of "mopping up" the anti-Japanese base areas in the Langyashan area of Yixian County, Hebei Province, and created many terrible tragedies such as Tiangang and Dongloushan, in an attempt to "eat away" our anti-Japanese base areas with the brutal "three light" policy. On September 23, the Japanese army marched into Yixian in three ways in an attempt to surround the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Army Division 1 under the command of Commander Yang Chengwu.
On 24th, 3, Japanese puppet troops suddenly surrounded the Langyashan area, surrounding more than 2, guerrillas in Qiu Weituan, Yixian, Dingxing, Xu Shui and Mancheng counties and the surrounding people. The situation was very grim. Colonel Qiu Wei quickly reported this to Commander Yang Chengwu. In order to save the guerrillas and local people, Commander Yang Chengwu formulated the operation of "encircling Wei to save Zhao". According to this operational plan, Colonel Qiu Wei handed over the task of covering the transfer of troops to Company 7.
At midnight, Colonel Qiu Wei commanded the troops and local people to move safely from Pantuo Road to Tiangang, Niugang and Songgang. In the early morning, the Japanese puppet troops mistakenly thought that Qiu Wei's regiment had been surrounded. Under the cover of planes and artillery, the puppet troops attacked fiercely in the direction of Langya Mountain for more than 5 days. The 7 th company soldiers had already laid mines on the road where the enemy must pass, and the bombed Japanese and puppet troops left more than 5 bodies and fled back in a hurry. Convinced that Qiu Wei's regiment had been surrounded, the Japanese commander ordered his troops to attack Langya Mountain crazily again. In the fierce battle, most of the 7 th company soldiers died, and the company commander Liu Fushan was seriously injured. In order to make the large troops go further and the wounded soldiers of the 7th company can be safely transferred, instructor Cai Zhanpeng ordered the Ma Baoyu squad to stay and stick to it.
In order to hold off and attract the Japanese puppet troops, Ma Baoyu led five soldiers, including Ge Zhenlin and Song Xueyi, to retreat in the direction of Qipaituo while fighting, leading the Japanese puppet troops to a precipice. When they retreated to the top of the chessboard, there were already five people left, and all the bullets had been exhausted, so they had to raise stones and throw them at the Japanese puppet troops. The Japanese puppet troops found that they were out of bullets and rushed to the top of the mountain, shouting "Catch alive, catch alive!" Ma Baoyu, Ge Zhenlin, Song Xueyi, Hu Delin and Hu Fucai would rather die than surrender. In order to prevent the Japanese puppet troops from being captured alive and weapons falling into the hands of the Japanese puppet troops, they jumped into the cliff with guns in their hands. Ma Baoyu, Hu Delin and Hu Fucai died heroically, while Ge Zhenlin and Song Xueyi were caught by the branches on the cliff and survived.
The heroic feats of five soldiers, including Ma Baoyu, quickly spread throughout the whole army, and they were known as the "Five Strong Men of Langya Mountain". In May 1942, the Jinchaji Military Region held a naming and victory celebration meeting for the "Five Strong Men of Langya Mountain". The leading organs of the Jinchaji Military Region awarded three martyrs the title of "Model men of honour" and ratified Hu Delin and Hu Fucai as party member, the producer party of China. Ge Zhenlin and Song Xueyi were awarded by general order, and the medal of "Bravery and Tenacity" was awarded. The fearless spirit of sacrifice and unyielding national integrity of the five strong men in Langyashan were highly praised by Commander Nie Rongzhen. He said, "They embody the excellent quality of the people's army led by the production party of China and the heroism of the Chinese nation."
to commemorate and commend five anti-Japanese heroes, the local revolutionary government built a memorial tower on the main peak of Qipaituo. After the founding of New China, the heroic deeds of the Five Heroes of Langya Mountain were included in primary school textbooks. In 1978, Song Xueyi died of illness and was buried in Qinyang Martyrs Cemetery. On March 21st, 25, on the eve of the 6th anniversary of the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, Ge Zhenlin died of illness in Hengyang, Hunan Province. At this point, the last living man among the five strong men in Langya Mountain has also left people forever.
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